Every law Pennsylvania has passed

2,121 laws of the 1830s

Constitution of 1790

1. Resolution a further supplement to the act entitled An act authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Bald Eagle and Spring creek navigation company - repeal - section 3

   Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

2. Resolution relating to the procuring and opening of books for receiving subscriptions of the stock of the company for making a lock navigation on the Monongahela river, and for other purposes

   Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

3. Resolution relative to the claim of Arthur M'Gill, for damages

   Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

4. Resolution relative to the rates of toll to be charged on that part of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad which passes through Pennsylvania

   Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

5. Resolution relative to the estate of Julian Weyland

   Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

6. Resolution relative to making Waynesboro' in the county of Franklin; a point in the contemplated railroad from Gettysburg to intersect the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, in the state of Maryland

   Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

7. Resolution authorizing the Canal Commissioners to purchase Locomotives, to cause surveys to be made, to avoid the inclined plane at Columbia, and the inclined planes on the Portage railroad, and for other purposes

   Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

8. Resolution relative to the distribution of the Surplus Revenue of the United States

   Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

9. Resolution for the relief of Horton and Farrow, contractors upon the Beaver division of the Pennsylvania canal

   Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

10. Resolution relative to the settlement of the account of Charles Mowry, late acting Canal Commissioner

    Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

11. Resolution relative to the collection of the State Tax

    Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

12. Resolution relative to the distribution of the proceeds arising from the sale of the public lands, and for other purposes

    Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

13. Resolution authorizing the State Treasurer to pay the Commissioners of the Internal Improvement fund, the unappropriated balance of two million dollars, amounting, after deducting specific appropriations, to $47,219.26

    Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

14. Resolution to authorize the Canal Commissioners to inquire into and adjust the claim of Jacobs and Cornog

    Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

15. Resolution relative to the removal of obstructions in the Ohio river

    Resolution of 1836 · 1836 · Original text

16. Act to prescribe the times, places, and manner of choosing Senators to represent this state in the Senate of the United States - amend - appoint a teller; nominate candidates for Senator

    Act 1 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

17. Authorizing Israel Walton, trustee under a certain deed of trust executed by Samuel Roland Fisher, deceased, late of the city of Philadelphia, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act 2 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

18. Concerning the proportion of the public money of the United States which Pennsylvania is entitled to receive under the act of Congress passed June 23, 1836

    Act 3 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

19. Making appropriations for the repairs of Canals and Railroads, and for paying the cost of motive power

    Act 4 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

20. For the relief of the First National Dragoons of Montgomery county

    Act 5 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

21. In addition to the act incorporating the Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coal company, and for other purposes

    Act 6 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

22. Act authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Tioga Navigation company - amend - transfers of stock

    Act 7 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

23. Making further appropriation for the payment of damages on the Canals and Railroads

    Act 8 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

24. To authorize the printing and distribution of the Pamphlet Laws in the German language

    Act 9 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

25. For the relief of William Ruff, late a Commissioner of the county of Philadelphia

    Act 10 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

26. For the relief of Peter Hammer and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act 11 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

27. To authorize the Appraisers of Damages on the Pennsylvania Canal, to settle and adjust the claim of damages of Jacob Hill and Company

    Act 12 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

28. Authorizing the sale of part of the real estate of Daniel Gregory, late of Susquehanna county, deceased

    Act 13 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

29. Act to establish a Board of Wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for the regulation of Pilots and pilotages, and other purposes therein mentioned - amend - compensation for conducting ships

    Act 14 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

30. For the relief of William Hall and others, soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act 15 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

31. To incorporate the Laurel Hill Cemetry company, in Penn township, Philadelphia county

    Act 16 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

32. Act providing for the call of a Convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the State, to be submitted to the people thereof for their ratification or rejection - amend - issue writs of election; duty of secretary of the Commonwealth and deleg

    Act 17 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

33. Act to authorize the Governor of this Commonwealth to incorporate a company for the purpose of making and erecting a bridge over the river Susquehanna, in the county of Lancaster, at or near the town of Columbia - amend - sum reserved to extinguish debt;

    Act 18 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

34. To enable Charles Wharton, Jr., to connect League Island, in the county of Philadelphia, with the main land

    Act 19 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

35. Supplementary to the acts incorporating the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad company

    Act 20 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

36. To vest in Edward H. Brien and Sarah B. Rogers, wife of Henry Rogers, the title to certain real estate in the county of Lancaster

    Act 21 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

37. For the temporary disposition of the portion of the Surplus Revenue of the United States to be deposited with Pennsylvania

    Act 22 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

38. To unite the Wrightsville and York Railroad, and the Wrightsville and Gettysburg Railroad companies into one company, and for other purposes

    Act 23 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

39. Act to incorporate the City of Pittsburg - amend - Northern Liberties of Pittsburg incorporated; names of wards; boundaries of the city extended; three commissioners appointed

    Act 24 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

40. To provide for repairs and other expenses of the State Canal and Railroads

    Act 25 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

41. For the relief of Philip Graver and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act 26 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

42. Act for the regulation of the Militia of this Commonwealth - amend - boundaries of the third battalion of the forty-fourth regiment

    Act 27 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

43. For the relief of Robert Cochran and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act 28 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

44. To authorize Thomas Paschall, guardian of Joseph Paschall, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act 29 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

45. To amend the charter of the corporation for the relief of the widows and children of clergymen, in the communion of the Protestant Episcopal church in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    Act 30 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

46. To authorize the Canal Commissioners to enquire into the claims for damages of Henry Eby

    Act 31 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

47. For the relief of the heirs of John M'Daniel, deceased

    Act 32 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

48. For the relief of the heirs of Alexander White

    Act 33 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

49. To authorize the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to sell and convey certain real estate, and for other purposes

    Act 34 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

50. To authorize John B. McPherson and Moses McClean to convey certain real estate and other property, and for other purposes

    Act 35 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

51. For the relief of the Pennsylvania Institution for the instruction of the Blind, the Deaf and Dumb Institute, and the House of Refuge

    Act 36 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

52. To increase the Contingent Fund of the Land office, and Auditor General's office, and the office of the State Treasurer

    Act 37 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

53. To provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor in the county of Northampton, and for other purposes

    Act 38 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

54. Authorizing the construction of a railroad to connect the North Branch division of the Pennsylvania canal, at or within the borough of Wilkesbarre, with the slack water navigation of the Lehigh

    Act 39 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

55. Relating to the borough of West Philadelphia

    Act 40 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

56. To empower the Orphans' court for the city and county of Philadelphia to make partition of certain real estate among the devisees of Francis Gurney, and for the sale of certain other real estate, and for other purposes

    Act 41 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

57. For the erection of a bridge at Starr's Fording, on the Yellow Breeches creek

    Act 42 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

58. Act to consolidate and amend the several acts relative to a General System of Education by Common Schools - repeal - as authorizes the school directors to levy and assess a poll tax

    Act 43 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

59. For the relief of David Conner and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars

    Act 44 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

60. For the relief of John Adams and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars

    Act 45 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

61. Act to provide for a Geological and Mineralogical Survey of the state - amend - appoint and compensate assistant geologists; promoting of knowledge in the science of meteorology

    Act 46 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

62. To confirm the partition of the real estate of Daniel Sheetz, deceased

    Act 47 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

63. Granting to Priscilla Grier, daughter and heir of Lieutenant John M'Clelland, compensation for a tract of donation land

    Act 48 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

64. For the relief of Frederick Septre, and other soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary war

    Act 49 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

65. Authorizing William Adams and Michael Haak of the county of Berks, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, committee of John Haak of said county, a lunatic, and Elizabeth Haak, wife of said John Haak, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act 50 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

66. To authorize Joseph B. Lapsley, and David Lapsley, trustees under the will of David Lapsley, deceased, to sell and convey certain real estate, and for other purposes

    Act 51 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

67. For the relief Conrad Hurtz, and other soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars

    Act 52 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

68. To authorize the Appraisers of Damages on the Pennsylvania Canal, to enquire into and adjust the claim of damages of William M'Farland

    Act 53 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

69. Granting aid to Marshall College

    Act 54 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

70. To confer on Mark Bratten Hannum, the rights and benefits of a child born in lawful wedlock

    Act 55 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

71. To incorporate the Society of Equal Rights, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and for other purposes

    Act 56 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

72. Act for incorporating St. Paul's church, in the city of Philadelphia - amend - elect vestrymen and wardens; corporate powers; members of corporation; special elections; fundamental articles; building additional churches; public school at Germantown; prima

    Act 57 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

73. Act for the conveyance of certain real estate, and for other purposes - amend - sales of real estate of Samuel Bechtel; property exempted from taxation; validating acts of Delaware and Maryland; The Pittsburg Saving Fund company may increase their stock

    Act 58 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

74. Act to enable Aliens to purchase and hold real estate in this commonwealth - amend - making valid certain sales

    Act 59 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

75. Authorizing the County Commissioners of Schuylkill county, to pay unto the Treasurer of the Board of School Directors of Schuylkill township, in said county, their portion of the State Appropriation for Common Schools, under the act of April 1, 1834, for

    Act 60 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

76. Act relative to the attachment of Vessels - amend - extended to steam engine and boiler makers

    Act 61 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

77. Relative to the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy and Lancaster Railroad company, and for other purposes

    Act 62 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

78. Relating to the Borough of Uniontown, Fayette county, and for other purposes

    Act 63 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

79. To annul the marriage contract of Archibald Darragh and Cordelia his wife

    Act 64 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

80. To annul the marriage contract of Thomas J. Walsh, and Sarah J. his wife

    Act 65 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

81. For the relief Henry Thomas, and other soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars

    Act 66 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

82. To confirm and render valid the proceedings of the District court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in actions of partition heretofore instituted in the said court, and to make good and valid certain acknowledgments of Sheriff's deeds

    Act 67 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

83. To incorporate the Washington and Pittsburg Railroad company

    Act 68 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

84. Act authorizing the Governor to incorporated the Wallenpaupack Improvement company - amend - tolls; hold land; lateral railroads; survey to avoid inclined plane; commissioners appointed; name of corporators; elections; increase capital; incorporation of s

    Act 69 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

85. For the relief of John Glentzer and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars

    Act 70 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

86. For the relief of George Hughes, and other soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars

    Act 71 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

87. To confer on Henry Brightbill, Jr. the rights and benefits of a child born in lawful wedlock

    Act 72 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

88. For the relief of certain settlers in Bradford county

    Act 73 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

89. Charter of The Chartered Fund of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America - amend - new 5th article

    Act 74 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

90. To incorporate the Sunbury and Erie, and Pittsburg and Susquehanna Railroad companies

    Act 75 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

91. To incorporate the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad company

    Act 76 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

92. Act authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Navigation company, and to authorize the Canal Commissioners to construct a Canal around the abutments of the bridge at Bairdstown, and for other purposes - amend - construct cana

    Act 77 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

93. Acts regulating Fisheries in the river Delaware - amend - when fishing prohibited; regulating meshes of seines, gilling seines, and drift nets

    Act 78 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

94. Authorizing the holding Special Courts in a part of the tenth Judicial District of Pennsylvania

    Act 79 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

95. To erect Shirleysburg in the county of Huntingdon, New Hope in the county of Bucks, and Hamburg in the county of Berks, into Boroughs, and for other purposes

    Act 80 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

96. For the relief of Joseph Fulton and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars

    Act 81 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

97. Authorizing James Worth, a surviving executor of the last will and testament of Isaac Knight, and trustee appointed therein, to cut and sell certain wood upon the estate devised to him in trust, and to authorize the sale of the estate of John Brown, decea

    Act 82 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

98. To authorize Job Mann, guardian of the minor children of John Tod, to sell and convey certain real estate, and relative to the sale of real estate of James Coleman, deceased

    Act 83 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

99. To incorporate the Litiz Academy, in the village of Litiz, Lancaster county, and the Pottsville Institute, in the county of Schuylkill, and relative to Washington and Dickinson Colleges

    Act 84 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text

100. To incorporate the Lebanon Sugar and Silk Company

     Act 85 of 1837 · 1837 · Original text